Sony Alpha NEX Cameras and E Mount Lenses

albnok went down to the local Sony Style store armed with the NEX-5, LA-EA1 Alpha Lens Adapter, and Firmware Version 3.0. He tested out most of the compatible Sony Alpha lenses with the LA-EA1 adapter and NEX's new autofocus capability. Here are the videos to give us an idea of the NEX focusing Sony Alpha lenses in video mode. Sony Alpha SSM Lenses with LA-EA1 Lens Adapter List of Sony Alpha SSM Lenses Tested with LA-EA1 Lens Adapter Carl Zeiss Vario Sonnar 16-35 f/2.8 Carl Zeiss Vario Sonnar 24-70 f/2.8 70-200mm f/2.8 70-300mm f/4-5.6 G 70-400mm f/4-5.6 G Focus range limited to 3m (minimum) via switch on lens: 70-200 70-300 70-400 Sony Alpha SAM Lenses with LA-EA1 Lens Adapter List of Sony Alpha SAM Lenses Tested with LA-EA1 Lens Adapter 18-55mm f/3.5-5.6 28-75mm f/2.8 30mm f/2.8 Macro 50mm f/1.8 55-200mm f/4-5.6 Thanks albnok !

Check out these great examples of auto HDR (high dynamic range) photos from the Sony NEX-5 taken by by G. Sanz aka gholz68 . G Sanz wrote: Thanks for posting. Some of the images were taken with multi exposure shots using the auto bracket features of the camera. Some are taken from 5 exposures manually. HDR in photomatix and post processed in Photoshop. I'm using a tripod for my HDR shots and a 18-55 kit lense .

NEX-VG10 on Steadicam Merlin by cheesuwen cheesuwen writes: The arrival of the NEX10 with its weight is just perfect for the Merlin. With a LitePanels MicroPro on it, it weighs just slightly above 1.3kg. A weight I can sustain without the help of the Steadicam Arm and Vest. Here are a couple of videos from eiji1783 using the Sony NEX-5 with the Tiffen Steadicam Merlin . It's amazing how steady the videos look while he's chasing kids at play.

If you want to try pinhole photography in the digital form, Skink has pinhole lens caps for the Sony NEX E-mount system. They have a Pro and a Starter kit shown below. Skink Pinhole Pancake Pro Kit: Skink Pinhole Pancake ready to use, installed in adapter for Sony Alpha NEX Pinhole Aperture 0.2mm Zone Plate "medium glow" f/39 Zone Sieve "impressionist" f/64 Skink Pinhole Pancake Starter Kit: Skink Pinhole Pancake ready to use, installed in adapter for Sony Alpha NEX Pinhole Aperture 0.2mm Here are some pinhole images taken with the Sony NEX system. The Skink pinhole lens cap for the Sony NEX makes for an extremely portable system. Skink pinhole lens caps are available through eBay auctions .

image from West Light Images We are not Linux savvy so we have no idea what these do and how we can use them. Hopefully someone out there can help us. Here are the Linux Packages that are available for download: linux-kernel.tar.gz sony-target-dev-procps-3.2.7-040501.src.rpm sony-target-srel-busybox-1.4.2-040502di2.src.rpm sony-target-srel-diffutils-2.8.1-040501.src.rpm sony-target-srel-dosfstools-2.11-040501.src.rpm sony-target-srel-e2fsprogs-1.40.4-040501.src.rpm sony-target-srel-hostname-2.13-040501.src.rpm sony-target-srel-lrzsz-0.12.20-040501.src.rpm sony-target-srel-netbase-4.21-040501.src.rpm sony-target-srel-pump-0.8.15-3.src.rpm Download them through the Sony Source Code Distribution Service .

Here's a video from glytle showing the NEX-3 with a Sony 70-400 G SSM Lens autofocusing with the LA-EA1 lens adapter with the new Firmware Version 03. It looks like locks focus at a decent speed. Thanks glytle!

Let's see how the Sony NEX-5 's bigger brother, the SLT-A33 with a Pellicle Mirror , stacks up against the NEX. Photos provided by King of the Beasts! Combatants Sony Alpha NEX-5 Sony Alpha SLT-A33 Number of effective pixels 14.2 million pixels 14.2 million pixels CCD Sensor APS-C CMOS Sensor 1.5x Crop Factor APS-C CMOS Sensor 1.5x Crop Factor ISO Range 200 - 12800 100-25600 Lens Sony E-mount with Interchangeable lenses Sony Alpha Mount / Minolta A Image Stabilization In Lens Steady Shot Inside Shutter Speed 30s to 1/4000 with Bulb Mode 30s to 1/4000 with Bulb Mode Continuous Shooting Speed 7 frames per sec. 7 frames per sec. LCD Tiltable 3" Diagonal 921,600 Pixels Tiltable 3" Diagonal 921,600 Pixels Electronic Viewfinder Not yet, come on Sony! 0.46" Xtra Fine EVF (Electronic viewfinder) (1,440,000 pixels) Video Resolution 1920 x 1080 / 60i 1920 x 1080 / 60i Dimensions 4.4 x 2.4 x 1.6 in. (111 x 60 x 40 mm) 4.875 x 3.625 x 3.33 in (124.4 x 92 x 84.7 mm) Weight